“Sam Norman is remarkable… Genius writing” — StagetoPage

“Wry humor… and clear intelligence” — The New York Times

“As bubbly and delicious as a chilled glass of Prosecco” — The Scotsman

“Delightfully funny” — Buzzfeed

“Well-paced and keenly sharpened” — The Washington Post

Hi, I’m Sam — an award-losing lyricist & librettist who bounces between the US and UK.

Recent projects include Echolocation, The Shadow and Come Dine With Me: The Musical.

I write words for operas and musicals. I’ve recently been Resident Artist at the American Lyric Theater, an American Opera Initiative Fellow, a Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriter and winner of the MTI Stiles & Drewe Mentorship Prize 2025-6, as well as receiving the inaugural Roger Allers Legacy Scholarship Special Recognition Award for Librettists.

Proud member of Mercury Musical Developments, the BMI Musical Theatre Librettists Workshop and the Dramatists Guild.

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